14 Things I Have Learned As a Freelance Trainer & Facilitator.

I'm a freelance facilitator and trainer. I offer 21st century skills training to youth groups with key emphasis on employability, entrepreneurship, life-skill, creativity, problem solving, collaboration, technology and quality lifelong learning. 

 Here we go! +throughMylens I hope you will learn something from my journey. 

1.  Freedom of your time is fun, but if you don't make money to enable you pay the bills things become even tougher meaning no freedom. 
2. Financial unpredictability. 
3. Competition from other entities. 
4.  Lifelong learning, you can only offer what you know. Learning new subject isn't an option, it's part of the business. 
5. Your network is your net worth. 
6. Continuous marketing can't be ignored. 
7. Collaboration and innovation is key.
8. Strategy is key so you need to have plan A, Plan B, Plan C etc.
9. Be a T-Shaped person:- Specialization with a mixture of diversification.
10. Tell, Show & Create should be your driving philosophy. 
11. Build a portfolio, especially online identity or footprint. If we Google about you, what do we get
12. Offer value by addressing a need or an existing gap.
13.  Have a pricing model. 
14.  Transitioning from 9/5 job into freelance job isn't an easy take, there is a lot of untold stories. 

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